Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- York's Coat of Arms
- The Hospitium
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- York Railway Station
- The Guildhall
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Church of St Helen
- The George Fox Incident
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The Norman Castle
- A New University
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Sixties York